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After she was terminated from the office, Sengupta

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volunteered at The Legal Aid Society in Manhattan between 2003 and 2007. Between November 2006 and March 2009, she was found to have created email addresses and domain names for former employers to deceive prospective employers and accreditation boards. She gained admission to The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple � one of four Inns of Court based in London, and a necessary step before being called to the Bar. This time Sengupta used a forged reference letter from a Georgetown University Law Center professor who had died prior to the date the letter was written. Using forged materials, Sengupta also applied to a leading law chamber in London to obtain a pupillage, which is a year of paid on-the-job training for individuals seeking to become attorneys in England. She was found to have repeatedly lied to prospective employers and law chambers in London that she had been employed as an Assistant District Attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney�s Office.

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First Published: Feb 16 2013 | 12:30 PM IST

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